Favorite lyric from a song.

[P_A]

No Townes Van Zandt yet?

Well, won't you lend your lungs to me?
Mine are collapsing.
Plant my feet and bitterly breathe
Up the time that's passing.
Breath I'll take and breath I'll give
Pray the day ain't poison
Stand among the ones that live
In lonely indecision.

Fingers walk the darkness down
Mind is on the midnight
Gather up the gold you've found
You fool, it's only moonlight.
If you try to take it home,
Your hands will turn to butter
You better leave this dream alone
Try to find another.

Salvation sat and crossed herself
Called the devil partner
Wisdom burned upon a shelf
Who'll kill the raging cancer?
Seal the river at its mouth
Take the water prisoner
Fill the sky with screams and cries
Bathe in fiery answers

Here is the Townes version:


Or the Steve Earle cover version if you want something more rockin:

 

[Dixon]

"There's a train leaving nightly for when all is said and done"

 

[Dixon]

"There's a train leaving nightly for when all is said and done"

Warren Zevon

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Ya just gotta love the whole damned song...
"Come Mr. Taliban, turn over Bin Laden, payback come & we drop de bomb..." :rockin:

 

[chetduggan]

What in the world ever became of Sweet Jane?
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Livin on reds, vitamin-C, and cocaine
All a friend can say is, "ain't it a shame?".

Truckin up to Buffalo, been thinkin, you got to mellow slow
Takes time, you pick a place to go, and just keep truckin on

Grateful Dead

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Boy
Man
God
$hit

Wash Uffizi, drive me to Firenze
Wash Uffizi, drive me to Firenze
Wash Uffizi, drive me to Firenze
Wash Uffizi, drive me to Firenze

You Enjoy Myself - Phish

 

[unionrdr]

Idk if it's a song,but this country comic feller on youtrub does on I like. "Gimmy *******-n-beer,Yeah I love *******-n-beer.If you don't,you're queer,gimmy *******-n-beer"!:rockin:

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Idk if it's a song,but this country comic feller on youtrub does on I like. "Gimmy *******-n-beer,Yeah I love *******-n-beer.If you don't,you're queer,gimmy *******-n-beer"!:rockin:

That's Rodney Carrington! Guy's f'n hilarious.

 

[CastleHollow]

To be fair to the OP's request of "favorite song," I'd have to list a Springsteen lyric. However, my favorite lyric of all time is probably:

"Little ol' lady got mutilated late last night" --Warren Zevon

The alliterative phrasing is genius!

 

[unionrdr]

Carrington has another one that's funny,but true. "Dear penis (unis),I don't think I like you,anymore. You used to watch me shave...now all ya do is stare at the floor. Dear penis,I don't think I like you,anymore.

 

[chetduggan]

You play tricks on my mind
You're everywhere, but you're so hard to find
You're not marm or sentimental
You're so extreme, you can be so temperamental
But I'm not looking for a love that will last
I know what I need and I need it fast
Yeah, there's one thing in common that we both share
That's a need for each other anytime, anywhere

Foreigner - Urgent

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Carrington has another one that's funny,but true. "Dear penis (unis),I don't think I like you,anymore. You used to watch me shave...now all ya do is stare at the floor. Dear penis,I don't think I like you,anymore.

Classic!

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[Homercidal]

Scuse me while I kiss this guy! - Hendrix

 

[VApatriot]

"Some kind of man he can't do anything wrong, if I see him I'll tell him you're waiting.."

Mercenary Territory
Lowell George - Little Feat

 

[CreamyGoodness]

"They gave him a f%$# but he turned it in for store credit"~ George Watsky, IDGAF

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Caught up in the fable I watched the tower grow
Five year plans and new deals wrapped in golden chains.
And I wonder still I wonder who'll stop the rain.

Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

And in the same vein;

Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
Till there are no rich no more

Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey, who needs money, monopoly

World pollution, there's no solution
Institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor
Them and us, stop the war

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After

 

[j1laskey]

Give me that paper
Bet yer ass I will sign
'cause I need a beer
And it's tittie squeezing time.

FZ

 

[TheZymurgist]

Not really lyrics from a song, but a clip from a movie included in a song:

"Alright, listen to me. You pull up right where
she lives, right? Before you get outta the car, you
lock both doors. Then, get outta the car, you walk over
to her. You bring her over to the car. Dig out the key,
put it in the lock and open the door for her. Then you
let her get in. Then you close the door. Then you walk
around the back of the car and look through the rear
window. If she doesn't reach over and lift up that
button so that you can get in, dump her."
"Just like that?"
"Listen to me, kid. If she doesn't reach over and lift
up that button so that you can get in, that means she's
a selfish broad and all you're seeing is the tip of the
iceberg. You dump her and you dump her fast."

Your Boyfriend Sucks - The Ataris

The clip is from "A Bronx Tale." Incidentally, I married the only one of my girlfriends that actually unlocked the door for me. That's not the only reason, of course

 

[HeadyKilowatt]

I ain't often right but I've never been wrong
It seldom turns out the way it does in the song
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right

-Scarlet Begonias, Grateful Dead

 

[neosapien]

Suil, suil, suil a ruin
Suil go sochair agus suil go ciúin
Suil go doras agus éalaigh liom
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán.

 

[Pilgarlic]

Suil, suil, suil a ruin
Suil go sochair agus suil go ciúin
Suil go doras agus éalaigh liom
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán.

That's what I was just thinking.

 

[chetduggan]

Mirrors on the ceiling, pink champagne on ice
And she said, "we are all just prisoners here, of our own device."
And in the masters chamber, they gathered for the feast
They stabbed it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
Had to find the passage back to the plce I was before
"Relax", said the nightman, "we are programmed ro recieve. You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave."

Eagles - Hotel California

 

[certaut]

I've been around the world
And every man bleeds the same
But when the lights are dim
You never know who's to blame
I don't want no scars to show
I don't want no one to know
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows
No other place for me to go
No other place for dying slow
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows

I've been around the world
I take credit for the things I've done
But when the lights are dim
I'm not the only guilty one
I don't want no scars to show
I don't want no one to know
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows

I've been around the world
And every story ends the same
But when the lights are dim
You won't remember my name
I don't want no scars to show
I don't want no one to know
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows
No other place for me to go
No other place for dying slow
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows

No other place for me to go
No other place for dying slow
So I'll be killing, just killing time
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Not really lyrics from a song, but a clip from a movie included in a song:

"Alright, listen to me. You pull up right where
she lives, right? Before you get outta the car, you
lock both doors. Then, get outta the car, you walk over
to her. You bring her over to the car. Dig out the key,
put it in the lock and open the door for her. Then you
let her get in. Then you close the door. Then you walk
around the back of the car and look through the rear
window. If she doesn't reach over and lift up that
button so that you can get in, dump her."
"Just like that?"
"Listen to me, kid. If she doesn't reach over and lift
up that button so that you can get in, that means she's
a selfish broad and all you're seeing is the tip of the
iceberg. You dump her and you dump her fast."

Your Boyfriend Sucks - The Ataris

The clip is from "A Bronx Tale." Incidentally, I married the only one of my girlfriends that actually unlocked the door for me. That's not the only reason, of course

One of my all time favorite movies. I did this test on my wife as well. Worked. Played her the movie a few years later. She got it and likes the movie.

 

[heferly]

'i'm the man who walks the hillside...in the sweet summer sun'

Loving cup-phish

 

[Dan]

Guess please.

He was born in the summer of his 27th year,
Comin' home to a place he'd never been before..

 

[j1laskey]

'i'm the man who walks the hillside...in the sweet summer sun'

Loving cup-phish

Ummmm....The Rolling Stones

 

[heferly]

Ummmm....The Rolling Stones

phish did it better....:cross:

actually, wasn't aware it was a cover...they've been playing it so long, i thought it was theirs!

 

[nutty_gnome]

"To be thought of as a king, you don't need a crown."

Last line of "Spongebob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall" by the Flaming Lips.